Rhode Island Monthly - December 2008

December 2008

Features
	Face Time The newest cosmetic procedures boast close to no downtime and natural-looking results. No wonder everyone (even your doctor) wants to do lunch.
	Dance Fever For twenty-ﬁve years, the painting sat forgotten in a basement. Today, it is a world treasure. But this isn’t the ﬁrst time Danza Afro-Cubana has set off ﬁreworks. By John Kotula
	Bad Reputation Sharks are being wiped out by the tens of millions around the world. So why are we so slow to come to their rescue? Off the coast of Narragansett, a local diver invites us to see past the... By Michael Lombardi
	Current Holiday mingling, Forgotten Judaica, recycling your e-waste, adventures in stand-up and The Providence Dancing Cop.

Departments
Out Takes	Archive »
December 2008: Blithewold's "The Celebration of a Century" gala. Crossroads' benefit
RI Scene	Archive »
December 2008: Nylo Hotel Opening. Bradley Hospital's Garden of Hope. NBC 10 wins Edward R. Murrow Award.
At Home: Vintage Rooms	Archive »
Cellaring your wine with some help from the pros. By Megan Fulweiler
Letters	Archive »
December 2008
Local Flavor: Pasture-ized	Archive »
There’s a new cow in town. Reared the archaic way—on that under-used natural resource, grass—it makes for a steak that’s as local, and as delicious, as beef gets. By Tracey Minkin
Reporter: Guilty, Even While Innocent	Archive »
In Rhode Island, those charged with committing a crime while on probation go straight back to the ACI, and stay there—even if acquitted of the later charges.

December 2008